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Category: About Jim

Testimonials Matter

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Testimonials Matter

I despise self-promotion. But, the Nest team make it easier to do so, so I did a four-part series on Instagram with some of my clients' testimonials. This is the part where I say ... if you have a question about the Charlottesville real estate market,…

Three Things I’d Have Done Differently in My Real Estate Career

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Three Things I’d Have Done Differently in My Real Estate Career

Three things I would do differently if I were starting my career over? Maintain my client database better. Asked for client reviews/testimonials. And saved them on the blog. Hired an assistant earlier The consistently exemplary and amazing team at Nest Marketing have put together templates…

A Positive Review

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A Positive Review

I rarely post about myself, but this review on Zillow struck me because it's 1) awesome and 2) so insightful about the real estate process. Sometimes, I do what I do well. Thank you. (read the whole thing) "As a homebuyer you don't *need* to…

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Previewing a Bio Video

This is likely to be one of the more consistent videos I'm going to send to clients for the next two years ... Thoughts welcomed. https://youtu.be/1Ws1z-NJVKg

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Changing Writing Progams: a Big Little Change

It’s funny how a seemingly small shift can have a big impact. For the past few weeks, I’ve been using Desk and I highly recommend it. I’d used the same blogging platform for nearly 8 years, since my blog looked like this (which wasn’t a bad…

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Walking a Mile (in My Shoes) as a Real Estate Agent

"Being a real estate agent is one of the greatest privileges in the world. It requires a diverse skill-set of sales, compassion, empathy, marketing, organization, hustle, wit and patience. It's connected me with people in ways unlike anything I've ever experienced before and is incomparable…

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A New Direction – Nest Realty Group

First in an ongoing series explaining the why, when, where and whatfor ... Introducing Nest Realty Group. What are we doing differently? Everything and nothing. This is a new direction for me. Since the start of my career as a Realtor, I have always been…

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2007 Goals

If I don't write them down, it's almost like I don't make them ... - Relish fear and failure. I have experienced failure several times recently. One of these was in competing for a listing, another agent won (it was for a 35% referral fee,…

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Jim Duncan has been helping buyers and sellers in Charlottesville’s neighborhoods for 25 years. Get local insight born of experience.